![Carbon Disclosure Project London, UK 20-Jan-2008 The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a collaboration of over 315 institutional investors (including Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Allianz and HSBC, with assets under management […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/102110bsr-115x115.jpg "Global corporate giants ask suppliers to volunteer CO2 emissions information")
![McLaughlin Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 7-Jan-2008 Government funds innovation but venture capital needed; Wary investors ‘need to be shown the exits’; Returning […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/asia20biotech-115x115.jpg "China’s Health Biotech Industry: An Asian Dragon is Growing")
![Australian National University, Crawford School of Economics and Government 6-Dec-2007 A new and compelling argument for reducing fish harvests – the profit motive – could persuade world fishers to endure […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/706852-3x2-340x227-115x115.jpg "Economists: Reduce fish catch now for bigger net profits later")
![University of Helsinki 29 Nov 07 European Union countries likely require an old ally – Mother Nature and her forests – to meet an ambitious post-Kyoto goal for cutting greenhouse […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/forestPeterEssickGettyarticle-115x115.jpg "European Union forests expanding, absorbing carbon at surprisingly high rate: study")
![Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans, Plymouth, UK, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 25-Nov-2007 Speedy diagnosis of the temper and vital signs of the oceans […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/medium14-115x115.jpg "Marine scientists warn human safety, prosperity depend on better ocean observing system")
![McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health Toronto 21-Nov-2007 20 ‘Grand Challenges’ in chronic non-communicable diseases, 1st agreed roadmap to reduce rising toll of slow killer illnesses Several of the world’s most […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/435030-115x115.jpg "Curbing world’s most fatal diseases: consensus created by health experts offers global prescription")
![United Nations University 15-Nov-2007 Low collection rates and consumer awareness, rising need to harmonize regulations, UNU advises European Commission Only about 25% of Europe’s medium sized household appliances and 40% […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ewaste11-115x115.jpg "Great potential to improve collection, recycling of Europe’s electronic waste, says UN report")
![United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies, Yokohama, Japan 10-Nov-2007 Report says ban on human reproductive cloning, coupled with restricted therapeutic research, is global compromise most likely to succeed The […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/clone-115x115.jpg "Human clones: New U.N. analysis lays out world’s choices")
![Carbon Disclosure Project London 24-Sep-2007 ‘Climate Disclosure Leadership Index’ launched, President Clinton to speak New York / London — The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a collaboration of over 315 institutional […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/MP900437274-115x115.jpg "Global corporate climate change report released")
![Consortium for the Barcode of Life, Smithsonian Institution 14-Sep-2007 Major advances foreseen in health, consumer and environment protection, more About 350 DNA barcoding experts from 46 nations will converge in […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/ANgambiae_Judith_Stoffer_WRBU-low-res-115x115.jpg "Amid spiralling government interest, world’s top 350 DNA barcode scientists meet in Taipei")
![McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Toronto 10 Sep 07 The first comprehensive examination of the ethical, social and cultural (ESC) challenges faced by major science programs in developing countries has […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/3dcec4a51eb01ddf78033b5e4016-115x115.jpg "Pioneering study catalogs ethical issues of scientific research in developing world")
![Soil Conservation Service of Iceland, Reykjavik, and United Nations University 30 Aug 07 Protecting soils claimed as an immediate fix to counter climate change; 150 world experts meet in Iceland […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/download-3-115x115.jpeg "Restoring soils vital to feed world, forestall climate change: experts")
![Census of Marine Life, Washington DC 5-Aug-2007 Historians detail collapse of bluefin tuna population off northern Europe; Tagging reveals migration, breeding secrets of declining population Ocean historians affiliated with the […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/Danish-auction-hall-1946-web-115x115.jpg "Tuna Past and Present")
![United Nations University 27 Jun 07 Desertification, exacerbated by climate change, represents “the greatest environmental challenge of our times” and governments must overhaul policy approaches to the issue or face […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/Nouakchott_SandDunes_NASA-115x115.jpg "Desertification: UN experts prescribe global policy overhaul to avoid looming mass migrations")
![United Nations Environment Programme, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, Paris 20 Jun 07 Renewables shed fringe image — Transactions leap to record $100 billion in 2006, says UNEP study […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/2007-115x115.jpg "Investors flock to renewable energy and efficiency technologies: UN study")
![United Nations Environment Programme Risoe Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development, Denmark 29-Apr-2007 UNEP-led project expands to other developing countries Life for an estimated 100,000 people in poverty-stricken rural […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/A_roadside_tuckshop-115x115.jpg "UN engages banks to light up rural India; Solar loans, energy access transform life for poor")
![May 8, 2007 Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre A Manitoba student has a first-ever Triple Crown of high school science, his project seeking a potential alternative to chemotherapy sweeping first-place […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/aventis20071_99-115x115.jpg "Winnipeg Student Wins A Triple Crown in High School Science; Grade 12 Researcher, 17, Seeks Potential Alternative to Chemotherapy")
![McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health / Program on Life Sciences, Ethics and Policy 9-Apr-2007 India’s health biotech firms are emerging as a major global player, with growing means and know-how […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/Clinical_research_01-115x115.jpg "India’s biotech industry emerging as world innovator, collaborator, competitor")
![19-Mar-2007 United Nations University Book catalogues unethical research, gene theft in Pacific countries The Pacific region has experienced some of the world’s worst examples of unethical bio-research and patenting of […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/biopiraterie60_sm-115x115.jpg "Gene hunters, patent prospectors leave indigenous communities in Pacific feeling besieged, betrayed")
![6-Mar-2007 United Nations University Growing need for elements in high-tech scrap –- often incinerated in poor countries Standardizing recycling processes globally to harvest valuable components in electrical and electronic scrap […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/c-EMPA-China-e-scrap-dismantling_640x640-115x115.jpg "UN, industry, others partner to create world standards for e-scrap recycling, harvesting components")
![19 July 2006 DIVERSITAS, Paris Warning that Earth is on the verge of “a major biodiversity crisis,” 19 of the field’s most distinguished scientists and policy experts today called for […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/watson-115x115.jpg "Titans of biodiversity science call for united, authoritative voice to inform decision-makers")
![26 June 06 Dalhousie University Ocean Tracking Network Scientists and resource managers could soon have a highly detailed picture of marine conditions and the migrations of fish and ocean animals […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/Ron-ODor-115x115.jpg "Creating a Window on ‘Oceans in Motion’: Academic, Science, Engineering Experts Illuminating Sea Life Conditions, Migrations")
![May 4, 2006 Census of Marine Life Zooplankton DNA Sequenced at Sea; scientists census tiny species with starring role in food chain, world climate Census of Marine Life scientists trawled […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/Oxygyrus_keraudreni_1e__edited_lo-115x115.jpg "Diverse sea ‘bugs’ revealed on landmark Atlantic cruise to census zooplankton")
![25-Feb-2007 Census of Marine Life Deep-sea species at unusually shallow depths on uncapped seabed (photo (c) Julian Gutt, AWI) Once roofed by ice for millennia, a 10,000 square km portion […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/Ice-fish-115x115.jpg "Antarctic marine explorers reveal first biological changes after collapse of polar ice shelves")
![Rockefeller University / University of Guelph 18-Feb-2007 Scientists complete DNA portrait of US, Canadian bird species, Guyanese bats At unprecedented levels of difficulty involving highly biodiverse and continent-sized landscapes, scientists […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/Trachops_cirrhosus_PICT1680-115x115.jpg "Potential new bird, bat species revealed by extensive DNA barcode studies")
![University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics 22-Jan-2007 Public health trumps individual human rights, medical ethics experts say Medical ethics and other experts say tough isolation measures, involuntary if need […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/Ross-Upshur-98x115.jpg "Experts urge strongest isolation for new drug-resistant tuberculosis cases appearing in South Africa")
![14-Dec-2006 United Nations University Joint International Conference Algiers, Dec. 17-19 About 200 experts from 25 countries are convening in Algiers Dec. 17-19 to advise shifts in world policies needed to […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/migrants-115x115.jpg "Experts advise world policies to cope with causes, rising consequences of creeping desertification")
![Census of Marine Life 10-Dec-2006 A host of record-breaking discoveries and revelations that stretch the extreme frontiers of marine knowledge were achieved by the Census of Marine Life in 2006, […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/Hippopodius-B-1d-blogger-115x115.jpg "Extreme Life, Marine Style, Highlights 2006 Ocean Census; Frontiers of Marine Science Stretched by Census experts")
![5-Dec-2006 United Nations University The richest 2% of adults in the world own more than half of global household wealth according to a path-breaking study released today by the Helsinki-based […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/rich-poor-115x115.jpg "Pioneering study shows richest 2 percent own half world wealth")
![13-Nov-2006 University of Helsinki / Rockefeller University, New York ‘Growing stock’ expanding in most forested nations, even with modest prosperity An increasing number of countries and regions are transitioning from […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/tehoste_wf-115x81.jpg "End of deforestation in view? Experts advance new way to size up global forest resources")
![24 Oct 06 United Nations University Some 300,000 combatants under age 18 – some as young as six and 40% of them girls – are illegal recruits in more than […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/childsoldiercongo2-115x115.jpg "Child soldiers: If children are not prosecuted for war crimes, are they more likely chosen by warlords to perform the worst atrocities?")
![National Forest Congress, Ottawa www.nfc-cfn.ca Sept. 24, 2006 Create National Accounting Systems To Reflect All Values Of Boreal Forests: Economist It’s time to create a comprehensive accounting system for natural […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/boreal-forest-floor-2607-115x115.jpg "Carbon capture, water filtration, other boreal forest ecoservices worth estimated $250 billion per year: Economist")
![11-Sep-2006 University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics Experts rank top 10 ways of improving health in poor countries from emerging stem cell and related technologies Eliminating the need for […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/download-1-115x115.jpeg "Replacing insulin is top-ranked breakthrough foreseen for health in developing world")
![31 July 2006 Census of Marine Life A startling revelation about the number of different kinds of bacteria in the deep-sea raises fundamental new questions about microbial lifeand evolution in […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/1519_web-115x115.jpg "Ocean microbe census discovers diverse world of rare bacteria")
![29 May 06 United Nations Environment Programme / World Bank Without significant gains from energy efficiency efforts, China, India and Brazil within a single human generation (by 2030) will more […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/22_09_32_57_India-china-brazil_H@@IGHT_400_W@@IDTH_610-115x115.jpg "How to cut energy waste in China, India, Brazil said crucial to forestalling climate change")
![Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre 17 May 2006 Research by a 16-year-old Ottawa-area student that contributes new insights into the workings of the HIV-AIDS virus has earned top prize in […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/james-macleod-115x115.jpg "Creating New Insight Into HIV-AIDS Virus Wins Canada’s Top Student Biotech Prize")
![17 Jan 06 United Nations University Asia suffered 220 landslides in the past century – by far the most of any world region – but those in North, Central and […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/landslide-115x115.jpg "Landslides: Asia has Most; Americas, the Deadliest; Europe, the Costliest; Experts Seek Ways to Mitigate Losses; Danger Said Growing Due to Climate Change, Other Causes")
![22 Dec 05 WorldFish Centre One year after a tsunami devastated South Asian communities, global fisheries experts say habitat restoration, retraining and education programs are much needed to revive severely […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/12/p4aceh-115x115.jpg "Tsunami + 1 year: Reviving exhausted fisheries should trump replacing boats, gear, experts say")
![14 Dec 05 Census of Marine Life A physconect siphonophore, Marrus sp., photographed during NOAA’s Arctic “Hidden Ocean” expedition in support of the Census of Marine Life. (c) 2005, Kevin […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/12/1_physonect_siphonophore-115x115.jpg "‘Fish with chips’ reporting from ocean among highlights at Census of Marine Life mid-point")
![27 Nov 05 University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Coping effectively with a predicted influenza pandemic that threatens to affect the health of millions worldwide, hobble economies and overwhelm […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/svinja_i_prasici-1-115x115.jpg "Ethics in a pandemic")
![11 Nov 05 United Nations University Amid predictions that by 2010 the world will need to cope with as many as 50 million people escaping the effects of creeping environmental […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/11/earthquakePakistan-115x115.jpg "Ranks of ‘environmental refugees’ swell, calls grow for better definition, recognition, support")
![Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto 27 Nov 2005 Ethicists offer guide to decision-making in predicted flu pandemic; quarantine, duty to care, resource allocations among key issues Coping effectively with a […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/B00528_H1N1_flu_blue_med-115x115.jpg "Prepare public for bird flu, experts urge governments")
![23 Oct 05 Census of Marine Life Seafood prices collected from U.S. restaurant menus dating to the 1850s will help plot the shifting harvest of marine species, according to a […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/10/coml101705_1-115x115.jpg "Restaurant seafood prices since 1850s help plot marine harvests through history")
![25 Oct 05 DIVERSITAS, Paris By diluting the pool of virus targets and hosts, biodiversity reduces their impact on humans and provides a form of global health insurance, biodiversity experts […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/10/40955580_sars_ap_203-115x115.jpg "Valuing biodiversity services, including its insurance against disease")
![21 Aug 05 WorldFish Centre Calling fisheries critical for nourishing the poor and for helping Africa cope with the health, economic and social devastation of problems like HIV and AIDS, […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/08/fishworld081505_3-115x115.jpg "Crisis in African fish supplies looms, experts warn Africa leaders")
![29 Jul 05 Census of Marine Life A historic expedition of Census of Marine Life explorers to the planet’s most northern reaches has revealed a surprising density and diversity of […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/07/Crossota_sp_Raskoff-115x115.jpg "Census of Marine Life explorers surprised by diversity, density of Arctic creatures")
![26 Jun 05 University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics The biggest issue in medical ethics today is the growing occurrence of conflict between health care providers, their patients and […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/06/ethical-issues_tcm7-102892-115x115.jpg "Conflicts pitting doctors vs. patients / kin is #1 issue in medical ethics")
![16 Jun 05 United Nations University Growing desertification worldwide threatens to swell by millions the number of poor forced to seek new homes and livelihoods. And a rising number of […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/06/desertification-115x115.jpg "Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Many of 2 billion dryland dwellers at risk as land degrades")
![08 Jun 05United Nations UniversityVast genetic resources – “blue gold” on the international deep seafloor – need protection from unfettered commercial exploitation, warns a new report from the Japan-based United […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/06/730f535039da7d4ad25ca6bdbfaa260b1-617x413-115x115.jpg "Clear rules needed to govern deep sea bioprospecting: UNU")
![15 May 05 United Nations University A global education system in which a fully portable personal computer is as common as a pencil or textbook to school children even in […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/05/360_nicholas_negroponte_a-115x115.jpg "Bridging the digital divide by making computers for kids as common as pencils")
![Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre, Toronto 12 May, 2005 Top winners: Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver, Cape Breton, Ottawa, St. John’s Teen Scientist from Winnipeg to Compete for Canada in Philadelphia June […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/05/turk-again-115x115.jpg "Discovery about genetics of sex workers with apparent HIV-AIDS immunity wins Canada’s top student biotech prize for Grade 12 Manitoba Scientist")
![01 May 05 United Nations University Since the start of the war of 2003 some 84% of Iraq’s higher education institutions have been burnt, looted or destroyed while four dozen […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/05/iraquniv-115x115.jpg "United Nations University calls for world help to repair Iraqi higher education system")
![11 Apr 05 University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics In a new study by researchers at the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB), published in PLoS Medicine, […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/04/two-a1-115x115.jpg "Nanotechnology’s miniature answers to developing world’s biggest problems")
![Millennium Ecosystem Assessment / United Nations University March 30, 2005 A landmark study released today reveals that approximately 60 percent (15 out of 24) of the ecosystem services that support […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/MEA-115x115.jpg "Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: New Report Warns Ecosystem Changes Will Continue to Worsen, Hampering Global Development Goals")
![21 Mar 05 United Nations University South America’s giant Pantanal wetlands, one of the world’s most bio-diverse ecosystems, is at growing risk from intensive peripheral agricultural, industrial and urban development […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/03/37pantanal1-115x115.jpg "South America’s vast Pantanal wetland may become next Everglades, UNU experts warn")
![1-Mar-2005 Census of Marine Life Once a dominant species, the volume of cod on the Scotian Shelf has plunged 96% since the 1850s, according to a landmark research to be […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/03/cod-115x115.jpg "First ever estimate of cod fishery in 1850s reveals 96% decline on Scotian Shelf")
![14 Jan 05 United Nations University The rapid and extensive underground expansion of mega-cities – for subways, malls, parking and public utilities – takes place often with too little knowledge […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/01/subway-115x115.jpg "The hidden vulnerability of mega-cities to natural disasters: underground spaces")
![Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto 6 January, 2005 Report urges end to monopoly of economists as development policy advisors Science and technology is so critically important to improving conditions in […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/scienece-115x115.jpg "Put science at center of decision-making on third world development, experts tell UN")
![Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto 6 December, 2004 Cuba, South Korea, and India make and export their own biotech vaccines, Egypt manufactures recombinant insulin, and South Africa is […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Transforming-Health-CareLar-115x115.jpg "Cuba, South Africa, India, China, Brazil Among Developing Countries with Recipe for Thriving Health Biotechnology Industries, Saving Lives, Researchers Say in Three-Year, First-Ever Study")
![23 Nov 04 Census of Marine Life Even in Europe and the best studied seas, the rapid ongoing discovery of new marine species shows no end in sight, according to […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/11/Census_1-115x115.jpg "Census of Marine Life – Discoveries and Highlights 2004: Scientists add 4m+ records")
![03 Nov 04 United Nations University, Programme for Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean The use of biotechnologies originally intended to remedy crop infestations and other problems is being pioneered […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/34treasure-115x115.jpg "Scientists pioneer biotech techniques to halt infestation of history, art treasures in tropics")
![07 Oct 04University of Toronto Joint Centre for BioethicsNew medical tools that quickly and accurately diagnose diseases like AIDS and malaria top a list of 10 biotech breakthroughs deemed most […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/10/Babies-008-115x115.jpg "Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015")
![Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto Emerging Medical, Environmental Breakthroughs Hold Revolutionary Promise; Experts Call for UN Body to Help Share Knowledge Worldwide A global campaign to foster the […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/dowdeswell_elizabeth-115x115.jpg "Report: Open Benefits of Genomic Science to All to Save Lives of Millions in Developing Countries")
![05 Aug 04 Census of Marine Life Exploring life in the mid-Atlantic at various depths down to 4 km (2.5 miles), 60 scientists from 13 countries on a two-month expedition […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/08/banner2_600px_innerglow3-115x100.gif "Two-month study of life in mid-Atlantic yields trove of species, new insights & questions")
![Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto Research will enable personalized diets tailored to genetic make up New research designed to help consumers create customized diets based on their genetic […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/nutrigenomics2-115x115.jpg "Ethical Guidelines Needed Before “Nutrigenomic” Groceries Come to Market")
![24 Jun 04 Census of Marine Life A new ‘Census of Marine Life’ project based in Alaska with global partners seeks to find lifeforms in the world’s oldest seawater. Full […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/06/the-arctic-effects-on-marine-life-115x115.jpg "Melting ice cap gives urgency to new Census of Marine Life project in Arctic Ocean")
![13 Jun 04 United Nations University The number of people worldwide vulnerable to a devastating flood is expected to mushroom to 2 billion by 2050 due to climate change, deforestation, […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/06/Janos-115x115.jpg "Two billion vulnerable to floods by 2050; number expected to double or more in two generations")
![Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto The final months and weeks for terminally ill hospital patients could be made better if hospitals simply instituted a systematic process to seek […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-13-at-3.09.43-PM-115x115.png "A Better Death: Patient, Family Perspectives Used to Improve End-of-Life Care; Hospitals Need Systematic Process to Heed Patients’ Concern")
![Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre, Toronto 13 May 2004 Top winners: Edmonton, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Toronto and Montreal Teen Scientist from Alberta to Compete for Canada in San Francisco June 6 […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Untitled-3-115x115.jpg "Western Canadian students sweep top 3 awards in 2004 national biotech contest")
![23 Mar 04 United Nations University Up to one-fifth of the world’s people lack sufficient zinc in their diet, while an estimated one-third live in countries considered at high risk […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/03/Zinc-Pills-115x115.jpg "Estimated one in five people worldwide lack enough zinc in diet")
![07 Mar 04 United Nations University Government incentives are quickly needed worldwide to extend the life of personal computers and slow the growth of high-tech trash, according to a new […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/03/monitors-115x115.jpg "UN study shows environmental consequences from ongoing boom in personal computer sales")
![United Nations University 19 Feb 2004 To decide whether a new product seeking patent protection is novel or based upon traditional knowledge, officials require free access to indigenous secrets. Several […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/TK-115x115.jpg "UNU Report: End Catch-22 for Indigenous People")
![10 Feb 04 United Nations University A new breed of fund managers looking to pressure businesses to improve social, environmental and ethical performance, a phenomenon started in 1999, now wield […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/02/biodiversity-115x115.jpg "Money talks: Concern for biodiversity pressed on boardrooms by new breed of fund managers")
![01 Feb 04 United Nations University Work should be stepped up on international agreements to oversee prospecting efforts in Antarctica by research institutions, universities and pharmaceutical companies to discover and […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/02/extremop-115x115.jpg "UN report: Accelerate global agreement to oversee exploitation of South Pole ‘extremophiles’")
![30 Nov 03 United Nations University In an effort to help raise the quality of water management expertise worldwide, the United Nations University has authorized for the first time in […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2003/11/Ralph-115x115.jpg "First-ever UN University diploma offered to grads of online water-management course")
![Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto 03 Nov 03 New research designed to help consumers create customized diets based on their genetic make up will create ethical and legal challenges […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2003/11/nutri-115x115.jpg "Ethical guidelines needed before ‘nutrigenomic’ groceries come to market")
![23 Oct 03 Census of Marine Life An estimated 5,000 previously unknown ocean fish species and hundreds of thousands of other marine life forms are yet to be discovered, according […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2003/10/emb1-115x115.jpg "How many fish in the sea? Census of Marine Life launches first report")
![Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto Students at more than 5,000 Canadian high schools this year will receive tools to take part in an unprecedented nationwide role-playing exercise designed […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-13-at-2.55.19-PM-115x115.png "Regulating Stem Cell Research: Students at 5,000 Canadian High Schools Look for Answers that Have Long Mired MPs")
![21 Aug 2003 Census of Marine Life International Experts Meet to Expand Study of Seamounts and Submarine Canyons As These Nurseries for New Species Become Subject to Commercial Harvest Amid […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/seamounts2-115x115.jpg "Mountains of the Seas")
![United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health New Assistant Director Brings Extensive Experience in Move to UNU-INWEH Headquarters; Will organize UN Global Conference on Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2003/06/adeel1-115x115.jpg "Ottawa Commits $3M to Ongoing Efforts from Hamilton to Relieve Water Problems in Developing Countries")
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